Historical place archive

Swansea in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Swansea in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels3 people1908–1933

Historical events in Swansea

1908

1908
Speech
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Liberal Party Government

Ridicules the idea of Anglo-German conflict & calls for a reduction of naval building

1917

1917
Swansea Refinery Development Chosen
Charles Greenway · Liberal Party Government

Decides to establish refining capacity at Swansea using improved technology for British and European markets.

1933

21 March 1933
Birth of Michael Heseltine
Michael Heseltine · Conservative Party

Born in Swansea, South Wales, into a relatively prosperous middle-class family.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Swansea. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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